Of their eight defenders heading to Russia, five play Stateside including New York RB's Fidel Escobar and Michael Murillo, San Jose's Harold Cummings, Adolfo Machado from Houston Dynamo and Roman Torres of Seattle Sounders.

Drawn in Group G, Panama will face England, Belgium and Tunisia in the group stages.

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